Chapter 695: Flag of the Principality of Southern Tang
In the battle of the Indian subcontinent between the Southern Tang Dynasty and the Tatar Song Dynasty, Zhu Fugui had no intention of subsidizing it.
Of course, it won't pit them.
The materials of the Ming Dynasty, whether it is weapons, food, coal and cement, or life-saving antimalarial drugs, need Xingzhen, Sotna, and Li Hongzhang to exchange real money and silver.
Since the London stock market crash and the Great Depression in Britain, Victoria and Churchill have accelerated the rate of blood sucking from India.
To put it simply, Li Zhongtang, you are late, Qiu Zhongtang has already collected taxes to the 21st century.
India's poor ghosts have run out of oil and water to squeeze.
Slaughtering a few princes of the princely states of India who cooperated with the British would definitely be able to scrape a little oil and water, but it would definitely not make up for the gap.
The huge and long-lasting wealth brought by the Chinese gentry was naturally a necessary supplement.
And when they arrived in India, how Li and Suo, who controlled the military power, pulled out the silver from the hands of those landlords who were fortunate to escape from the clutches of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Fugui didn't care.
Anyway, during the Southern Ming Dynasty, military leaders such as Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo, Gao Jie, and Liu Zeqing had already set an example.
No matter how literati raise a dog, at that time he can still turn over and become an uncle.
What's more, Xingzhen, Sotna, and Li Hongzhang are not dogs, they are uncles.
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The 11th year of Dewu, December 12, 1873.
Zhu Fugui put out all the honor guards of the Great Tomorrow.
Zhu Fugui actually doesn't like to wear traditional Hanfu, at least not as much as Yin Susu and Julie.
Zhu Fugui prefers improved Hanfu, which is more convenient.
However, today is another good day to "cross to the south in clothes", and Zhu Fugui wants to see them off on the bank of the Huangpu River.
Therefore, it is necessary to show the majesty of the Son of Heaven.
The formal attire of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is divided into more than a dozen, and Zhu Fugui can't remember it at all, but these little things, Yi Bowen has naturally taken care of them in an orderly manner.
Today, Zhu Fugui is wearing an all-red martial arts uniform, and holding a jade gui engraved with the seal inscription "Punish the Guilty and Settle the People", and climb to the commanding heights of the wharf.
This dress is sharp red on the top, decorated with multicolored jade, falling like a star, red clothes, clothes, yun, and red clothes, which are taken by the emperor when he sent his generals.
On the one hand, this is to highlight the great martial arts of the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time, Zhu Fugui, as the monarch, ordered the Duke of Tang to march south, which is a point general.
The high platform is engraved with the three big characters of "Dianjiangtai".
Zhu Fugui stood on it, revealing a trace of domineering.
This is the so-called people rely on clothes, and Buddha relies on gold.
It's just that what Zhu Fugui wants to say is to stand so high......
The Huangpu River breeze in the depths of winter is really cold!
And it's the most authentic Jiangnan in the legend, it's cold to the bones!
If it weren't for Zhu Fugui who put a batch of warm babies on Double Eleven, he wouldn't know how he would get through.
Other than that......
After Zhu Fugui crossed over, the kryptonite dog with a naked-eye strength of 2.0 saw that while Yin Weasel was in charge of vigilance in the distance, there was actually a Lori standing behind him wearing a children's flying fish suit and carrying a small embroidered spring knife.
That's it, after all, I approved it.
But what about Shirley's child hero pen on her chest?
Why does it look so familiar?
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By Zhu Fugui's side, Bai Xia'er also wore the long-lost dark green Zhai clothes, with a dress crown.
Of course, her clothes are also covered with warm baby warms.
The children of the rivers and lakes belong to the children of the rivers and lakes, and the warm baby still has to be pasted.
The last time Bai Xia'er wore this set of queen's crown clothes was when she was worshipping her ancestors in the Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum.
In Yinzhou, Bai Xia'er basically does not regard herself as a queen.
But in Shenzhou, she is the queen of Daming, the mother of a country, who of course does not let her.
Today, she looks dignified and generous, and the gentleness of Jiangnan women reveals an indomitable heroic spirit.
At this time, there were also 900 majestic Han generals, wearing helmets and armor, shining with golden light, standing on the steps on both sides of the Dianjiang platform, as well as around the dock.
Zhu Fugui spoke today, without a loudspeaker, relying on the voices of these strong men with amazing lung capacity, and the voices of manpower were transmitted.
They want to spread the jade sound of the Son of Heaven to every landing on both sides of the Huangpu River.
At this time, the Huangpu River was already a scene of thousands of boats competing for the current, and the vast waterways of the past also seemed to be congested.
Some of these ships came from the 500-ton small steamer produced by the Fujian Shipyard, and some of them were transport ships rented by Li Hongzhang from Daming at his expense.
All of these ships fly two flags.
Standing tall and with a larger flag is the Great Bright Sun and Moon Flag.
Slightly smaller below, there is a golden partridge flag.
This is when Li Hongzhang listened to Huangmei Song, he was moved and set the flag of the Principality of the Southern Tang Dynasty.
Li Shangyin wrote: "If you want to look northwest, you will see partridges flying."
Qin Guan said: "Jiangnan is far away, where are the people, the partridge cries to break the spring sorrow." ”
The partridge is a favorite bird of ancient scholars.
The wanderers who traveled far away, living in a foreign country and missing their hometown, entrusted their strong and long feelings to the little bird flying in the forest - the partridge.
Under the long causeway of the decaying willows, the heartbreaker heard the sound of the heartbreaking.
And when Li Hongzhang was about to leave his homeland in China, where he had lived for 50 years, the Wenqing blood in his bones also burst out.
As a result, the Duchy of the Southern Tang Dynasty, which is destined to take root in another country, has a partridge flag, and his national bird is not the beautiful blue peacock of India, but also a simple bird in the south of the Yangtze River, the partridge.
This little bird, which has nothing to do with the Indian subcontinent, will deeply affect that place.
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Standing on the dock, Zuo Zongtang looked at the Nantang Partridge Banner, and was a little envious in his heart.
Until now, the Chu army still uses traditional style flags.
It is a plain white flag, with a Chu character written on it, and it is used as a national flag and a military flag.
If it is Zuo Zongtang's personal soldier, the left character will be written.
The same is true for Bai and Liu.
In fact, in the Ming Dynasty, such traditional flags are still retained and widely used in the army.
This is the natural advantage of Chinese characters over alphabetic characters.
The Chinese characters are picturesque and have a natural beauty.
In the seventh century, when the Great Food Kingdom rose, it also used a letter flag with a black background, and to be honest, it was a bit ugly, if not a little ugly, it was also a bit ugly.
It's just that no matter how beautiful the Chinese characters are, the flag made of a single word seems a little dull after all, on the contrary, some bells and whistles of Europa and Japan's national flags and family coats of arms are too gaudy.
But again, the Ming Dynasty is by no means a country that is complacent and only traditional.
The practice of using patterns to represent the country is indeed very useful for condensing the collective impression of a nation, so the Ming Dynasty also adopted it.
The simple sun and moon flag makes the sons and daughters of the Ming Dynasty proud.
Now, seeing Li Hongzhang using a partridge to represent the Southern Tang Dynasty, Zuo Zongtang's mind is also lively.
He also wants to make a whole one!
Among the four elephants, the West is the main killer, and the image is a white tiger.
And in the Caspian Sea region, where the Chu army is currently entrenched, it is also the distribution area of the large tiger, the Caspian tiger.
So the first plan that Zuo Zongtang thought of was the Western White Tiger Flag.
It's a pity that the White Tiger Banner is the military flag of the Ming Royal Army, and it has been taken first.
Do you really want to use rolling?
Zuo Zongtang thought of the iron-eating beast that had bitten the Ming instructor during the Meridian Valley surprise attack when he marched into the Qinling Mountains.
This kind of fierce beast called "rolling" by the Ming State is unexpectedly popular.
Zuo Zongtang didn't understand why anyone liked this creature at all.
That's Chiyou's mount!
Since the white tiger that is the main killer cannot be used, then using the mount of the god of war Chi You as the national flag and symbol of Western Chu can definitely deter Hu Renxiao.
So, Zuo Zongtang silently decided to come down to the name of the fierce beast that will be terrifying in Central Asia in the future, and can stop children from crying at night.